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CONTENTS 



I»age 



Amendment as reported by committee 1 



Purpose of the legislation 13 



Summary of key provisions of H.R. 3981^ 13 



I. Additional requirements for State coastal zone programs, et 



cetera 13 



II. Coastal energy activity impact program 15 



III. Interstate coordination 19 



IV. Research and training assistance 20 



Background of the coastal zone management program 20 



Need for H.R. 3981 25 



I. Energy-related pressures on the coastal zone 25 



II. Other provisions of H.R. 3981 31 



Section-by-section Analysis 39 



Short title 39 



Section 2: 



Amendments: 



Congressional findings 39 



Definition of "Coastal Zone" 39 



Definition of "Estuarine Sanctuary" 39 



New definitions 39 



Three new planning processes for section 305 45 



Increase Federal share and number of annual grants under 



section 305 46 



Schedule for completion of new section 305 requirements 47 



Preliminary approval amendment to section 305 47 



Extension of section 305 authorization 50 



Increased Federal share of section 306 grants 50 



Local government review of State coastal zone decisions 50 



Consideration of interstate energy plans 51 



Provision of mediation process after program approval 52 



Adding "leases" to Federal consistency requirement 52 



Redesignation of existing sections 53 



Coastal energy activity impact program 53 



Energy facility planning and net adverse impact grants 56 



Interstate coordination 60 



Coastal research and traming grants 60 



Amendment to "records" section 62 



Beach access provision 63 



New sections for the annual report 63 



Authorization for appropriations 64 



Limitations section 65 



State and local bond guarantees 65 



Section 3: Associate administrator for Coastal Zone Management 67 



Section 4 : Consistency requirements of section 307 67 



Cost of the legislation ■ 68 



Compliance with clause 2(1) (3) of rule XI 68 



Inflationary impact statement 68 



Congressional Budget Office cost estimate 69 



Departmental reports 73 



Changes in Existing Law 88 



Appendix I: Net adverse impacts from coastal energy activity in the 



Great Lakes 113 



Appendix II: A discussion of the erosion problem in the United States 115 



Appendix III: Location of onshore impacts of Outer Continental Shelf Oil 



and Gas Development 119 



Appendix IV: Organizations offering comments on H.R. 3981 127 



Additional views on H.R. 3981 by Hon. John B. Breaux 131 



Additional views on H.R. 3981 by Hon. Paul G. Rogers 131 



(III) 



